Wymondham allotment holders could have new home in town

Wymondham Town Council had been hunting for somewhere for its green-fingered residents to put their roots down.

It comes after a group of locals had been evicted from the previous Chapel Lane site by land owner Anglian Water in 2024.

The company wanted to make way for the expansion of its treatment centre.

The previous allotment site in Chapel Lane (Image: Denise Bradley)

Officials say there is a clear need for new allotments, with 60 households on the waiting list and 137 plot holders having been moved when the previous site closed.

Local authorities have a legal duty to provide allotments so long as there is enough demand.

And now, after an almost two-year hunt, Wymondham Town Council appears to have finally found a long-term home.

The authority wants to move the allotments to a new site in Tuttles Lane West, approximately half a mile from the previous Chapel Lane location.

The site is currently farmland, but town council officials say the landowner is willing to lease the land.

The new allotment site could be in Tuttles Lane West (Image: Google Maps)

In its papers outlining the proposal, bosses suggest the spot is the only place where the new allotments could go in the town as there are no other alternative sites.

A spokesman for the town council said: “The proposed replacement allotment site represents sustainable development that directly responds to the growth of Wymondham and the demonstrated need for replacement and additional allotment provision.”

A new road to the 8.35-acre site would need to be constructed should the plans be backed by South Norfolk Council.

It is estimated that it could take between one and three months to build.

The plans will be decided by South Norfolk Council in due course.